Film review of Black Panther- by Jeremy Jahns

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I saw Black Panther, and if I looked stoned out of my mind just because I’m dead as tired, three hours of sleep, those morning screenings in Seattle to kill me.

Black Panther Black Panther is the newest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Ryan Coogler. When I look at his body of work and his age, he’s younger than me. I look at him and I’m like, I’ve done so little. Black Panther starts out shortly after Captain America Civil War to tell his father was killed in civil war. He is now going to be crowned king, but he’s also the Black Panthers. So in that there’s that balance, he has to balance being king and dealing with the problems that come with that, but also being the Black Panther and problems that come with that. I don’t envy his position. I really don’t. And when this movie does it right, it does it right. When you look at Chadwick Boseman and the performance, he gives also Michael B. Jordan in the performance he gives, both of them have very emotional moments in this movie. When you really think about it, they’re on a green screen. They’re not out there. Actually, it’s a green screen. Well, kind of imagination. Do you have to have to pull that kind of performance when you’re looking at a sea of green, when you look at what these movies are doing, as they’re shifting into deeper character pieces, quite impressed. Sometimes you can tell the green screen, which is a couple of scenes where they’re talking. I’m like that. That’s green screen. You couldn’t find a mountain. You can just talk on a mountain. I don’t know. I don’t make movies. Maybe that couldn’t. Maybe it’s just too cumbersome to bring a crew up there. But I like the arc that gave King to Charlie because when we saw him in Captain America Civil War, he ultimately was a dude on a revenge quest. And I totally get the class that hard all the time. I want to see the guy’s heart. How is he as a king? Is he just like, yeah, well, they did a bad thing. I guess we’ll kill them, too. No, he’s not like that at all. It totally shows the guy’s heart. He is a good king.

And as his father tells him, it’s hard to be a good man and a good king. And you totally feel that as Captain America was the introduction to him. This is the movie that gives that arc more relevant. This is one of those movies that strips away the armor. We see the king behind the Black Panther, the man behind the armor. I love stories like that unpopular opinion coming at you. I really enjoyed Iron Man three and I really love the first Thor because both of those movies strip away the hero and we deal with the person behind the hero.

This movie does a lot of that, too. Yeah, he does suit up in the Black Panther suit, and when he does, it’s pretty entertaining. Actually, there’s one car chase sequence. It’s more than pretty entertaining. It’s pretty kick ass. Well, really, when I think about this movie, I’m not going to think about the Black Panther scenes. First and foremost, I’m going to think about the character moments. I’m going to think about the politics. I’m going to think about the culture. I was so fascinated as to how into a counterculture I was, and it’s so fantastic. You feel like you have a front row seat to all of it. You’re interested. And also how much of it stuck with me? I mean, if you really look at other worlds in movies and comic book movies, they don’t do the same thing. This movie, as I can see in recent memory, did it. But you see, when a movie introduces the audience to a new civilization or culture, when the audience leaves that movie, they can ask themselves, what do I know about that civilization or culture? And usually the answer is very little. It’s not. So the case with Wauconda, with Vukani, you walk out of Black Panther, you feel like you got a crash course in Wauconda. And when you see it, it comes across as a very beautiful and celebratory thing.

I think it’s fantastic. In reviewing an MCU movie, you got to address the Marvel isms, which are how does it tie into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole? Does the tie in take point over the standalone aspect of the movie and how is the humor or not? Is the humor in it? But it’s going to be in its how is it for a large chunk of this movie? It works as a standalone film. There are tie ins in the fact that clause in it vibranium is a big part of it. Also Martin Freeman’s character. But if you just went into Black Panther, you would get the gist. You wouldn’t need to watch another movie, maybe Civil War, it being the first movie with Black Panther, but really nothing else. And I felt the humor really worked. What I look for with humor in a movie like this or a Marvel movie is it’s going to have humor. So does the humor override the drama? Like if someone’s having a dramatic moment, if there is a moment that’s supposed to marinate and have drama, if you’re supposed to take a pause, is there a joke that compromises the whole thing when that happens? A movie that irritates me. This movie doesn’t do that. The supporting cast and characters that were fantastic, too.

I love those warrior ladies. I loved his tech head. Sister Lupita Nyong’o was fantastic. I loved him back. He’s the character man, but they never call him. Mandeb is calling them back. I believe it is pronounced and I’m horrible with names, names like Smith. I’m like, is it Smith or Smith? But he was great. I wanted to see more of him. He was so good. And I had heard fantastic things about Michael B. Jordan as the character kill Mongar as the villain. And he is great when he shows up. When he is on screen, his motivation is clear. You understand to a degree where he’s coming from. But of course he’s a villain, so he’s going about it the wrong way. Those make for the best villains of my book. But again, I say when he shows up, because for the first half of this movie, he doesn’t, I found that to be a problem. He does one thing near the beginning of the movie. Then after that, I forgot he was in it. Then he finally shows up and starts doing his thing. And it kind of gave this movie the feeling of being Black Panther and Black Panther two crushed into one movie, which I don’t know if that was the case.

I don’t know if they were like, hey, we have two ideas for Black Panther. We’ll make them one. I don’t know if they were like, we have an idea for Black Panther, but hey, we got to incorporate Clore into the movie. Or if they were like, we’re going for The Godfather feeling where it’s like three movies in one. Well, Godfather was three movies and one that feels like two. I don’t know. All I know is it makes Black Panther feel like it was split down the middle into two movies and it feels like a season of twenty four, if you remember the show. Twenty four. It had twenty four episodes a season, but it was really two arcs, twelve episodes each. Episode twelve rolled into episode thirteen and the new arc just like this movie does.

But it does feel like two different seasons, just like Black Panther feels like two different movies. But in the end Black Panther was fantastic. It has your fun superhero stuff in it. Yeah, but that’s not what the movie is. It’s not what it’s about. It really is about a king coming into the throne and dealing with being a new king. And while they’re telling that story, they bring. Are you in on a very interesting, fascinating, colorful and vibrant civilization? I feel like most people who go into Black Panther will enjoy Black Panther. It’s all about how much you enjoy Black Panther. Are you going to like it or love it? I don’t know. It’s up to you, but it’s worth paying money for. It’s worth watching and worth buying on Blu ray. That’s right. That is a purple Blu ray. Because when this movie comes out on Blu ray, if the blue part of the Blu ray package isn’t purple, it’s a missed opportunity. Marketing people, a lot of people in black in this movie, a personal favorite color scheme in mind is a Black Panther. It is here. It is upon us. Have you seen it? What did you think about it? Whatever you thought. Comment below. Let me know. And as always, if you like what you’ve seen here and you want to see more, click right here to see more.